Remote Infrastructure Platform Engineer Jobs
Remote infrastructure platform engineer jobs are actively posted across the U.S. at remote-first firms, distributed engineering teams, and cloud-native companies in software, fintech, and enterprise technology. Employers hiring remotely right now include Mural, CIVIE, and Mimica. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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Overview
At the center of it all, our dedicated IT teams innovate, design and develop the technology that is redefining how customers rent, buy and share vehicles from our family of brands. Here, you will be part of a diverse and talented team that creates and delivers powerful technology solutions for our customers and employees across the world with the resources and support to develop in a variety of career paths.
As an Enterprise Mobility team member, we offer an excellent package with market-competitive pay, comprehensive healthcare packages, 401k matching & profit sharing, schedule flexibility, work from home opportunities, paid time off, and organizational growth potential.
This position is eligible for a hybrid work schedule, which includes the ability to work from home, while also requiring to be in person as needed at our Lakeside and/or Clayton Corporate HQ campus locations in St. Louis, Missouri.
We are committed to a fair and transparent hiring process. Candidates should expect identity verification, video interviews, technical validation of skills, and verification of employment, education, and work authorization. Falsification of information, proxy interviewing, or misrepresentation of experience or location will result in disqualification.
Responsibilities
The Department Manager – Platform Engineering is a highly collaborative position and is responsible for unifying multiple infrastructure disciplines under a single platform strategy to drive modernization, standardization, automation, and reliability of compute platforms that support critical business applications and services.
This person will provide leadership across our core infrastructure and platform engineering teams, including VMWare/x64, IBM Power/AIX, Linux, Openshift, Middleware, and Windows engineering. Reporting to the IT Director, this role serves as a key member of the leadership team and is expected to foster collaboration and diversity of thought to influence technology direction, drive strategic initiatives, and build strong partnerships across stakeholders. The role also requires passion for people-oriented activities, including career planning/support, training, interviewing, hiring, rewarding, and performance and salary reviews.
The ideal candidate will be innately curious, forward-thinking, and passionate about talent development, continuous operational improvement, and strategic collaboration.
- Develops and empowers leaders to achieve operational excellence while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, customer focus, and continuous improvement
- Creates and executes platform roadmaps that align technology investments with business objectives
- Provides strategic direction across multiple teams and/or functional areas through leaders responsible for managing resources, staffing, and operational execution.
- Builds strong relationships across business and technology teams while coaching and developing leaders to effectively engage stakeholders and foster collaboration at all levels of the organization
- Develops and presents recommendations supported by clear business rationale, compelling storytelling, and thoughtful consideration of organizational priorities and impacts.
- Partners with architecture, security, application, and cloud teams to ensure cohesive technology solutions
- Drives continuous improvement in service availability, system performance, incident response, and problem management capabilities to enhance operational excellence
- Establishes, monitors, and communicates key performance indicators to measure outcomes, drive accountability, and inform decision-making
- Champions a culture of continuous improvement and adaptability by leading and supporting organizational change initiatives
- Develops and manages budgets, forecasts, and expense plans for areas of responsibility, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and financial targets
- Cultivates strategic vendor relationships, negotiates agreements, and partners with vendor leadership to maximize business value and service performance
- Collaborates proactively with Legal, Contracting, and Supply Chain Management teams to ensure effective vendor governance, risk management, and contract execution
If you're a collaborative leader who is passionate about developing other leaders, influencing technology strategy, and driving meaningful business impact, this is an exciting opportunity to help shape the future of Infrastructure and Platform Services!
Qualifications
- Must be presently authorized to work in the U.S. without a requirement for work authorization sponsorship by our company for this position now or in the future
- Must reside in St. Louis, Missouri, or immediate surrounding area
- 8+ years of related IT experience
- 5+ years of people leadership experience, including leading managers and effectively driving performance through other leaders
- Demonstrated experience leading large-scale infrastructure environments with accountability for platform availability, reliability, operational excellence, and technology modernization
- Exceptional communication skills with a proven ability to engage, influence, and align diverse audiences, including team members, business partners, and senior leaders
- Proven success in driving automation and cost optimization initiatives, while maintaining service quality and operational resilience
- Commitment to protecting our customers, our employees, and our brands by incorporating security and compliance in all decisions, while continuously identifying opportunities for improving security and implementing strategies to improve our security posture
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Management Information Systems, or related field preferred
Overview
At the center of it all, our dedicated IT teams innovate, design and develop the technology that is redefining how customers rent, buy and share vehicles from our family of brands. Here, you will be part of a diverse and talented team that creates and delivers powerful technology solutions for our customers and employees across the world with the resources and support to develop in a variety of career paths.
As an Enterprise Mobility team member, we offer an excellent package with market-competitive pay, comprehensive healthcare packages, 401k matching & profit sharing, schedule flexibility, work from home opportunities, paid time off, and organizational growth potential.
This position is eligible for a hybrid work schedule, which includes the ability to work from home, while also requiring to be in person as needed at our Lakeside and/or Clayton Corporate HQ campus locations in St. Louis, Missouri.
We are committed to a fair and transparent hiring process. Candidates should expect identity verification, video interviews, technical validation of skills, and verification of employment, education, and work authorization. Falsification of information, proxy interviewing, or misrepresentation of experience or location will result in disqualification.
Responsibilities
The Department Manager – Platform Engineering is a highly collaborative position and is responsible for unifying multiple infrastructure disciplines under a single platform strategy to drive modernization, standardization, automation, and reliability of compute platforms that support critical business applications and services.
This person will provide leadership across our core infrastructure and platform engineering teams, including VMWare/x64, IBM Power/AIX, Linux, Openshift, Middleware, and Windows engineering. Reporting to the IT Director, this role serves as a key member of the leadership team and is expected to foster collaboration and diversity of thought to influence technology direction, drive strategic initiatives, and build strong partnerships across stakeholders. The role also requires passion for people-oriented activities, including career planning/support, training, interviewing, hiring, rewarding, and performance and salary reviews.
The ideal candidate will be innately curious, forward-thinking, and passionate about talent development, continuous operational improvement, and strategic collaboration.
- Develops and empowers leaders to achieve operational excellence while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, customer focus, and continuous improvement
- Creates and executes platform roadmaps that align technology investments with business objectives
- Provides strategic direction across multiple teams and/or functional areas through leaders responsible for managing resources, staffing, and operational execution.
- Builds strong relationships across business and technology teams while coaching and developing leaders to effectively engage stakeholders and foster collaboration at all levels of the organization
- Develops and presents recommendations supported by clear business rationale, compelling storytelling, and thoughtful consideration of organizational priorities and impacts.
- Partners with architecture, security, application, and cloud teams to ensure cohesive technology solutions
- Drives continuous improvement in service availability, system performance, incident response, and problem management capabilities to enhance operational excellence
- Establishes, monitors, and communicates key performance indicators to measure outcomes, drive accountability, and inform decision-making
- Champions a culture of continuous improvement and adaptability by leading and supporting organizational change initiatives
- Develops and manages budgets, forecasts, and expense plans for areas of responsibility, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and financial targets
- Cultivates strategic vendor relationships, negotiates agreements, and partners with vendor leadership to maximize business value and service performance
- Collaborates proactively with Legal, Contracting, and Supply Chain Management teams to ensure effective vendor governance, risk management, and contract execution
If you're a collaborative leader who is passionate about developing other leaders, influencing technology strategy, and driving meaningful business impact, this is an exciting opportunity to help shape the future of Infrastructure and Platform Services!
Qualifications
- Must be presently authorized to work in the U.S. without a requirement for work authorization sponsorship by our company for this position now or in the future
- Must reside in St. Louis, Missouri, or immediate surrounding area
- 8+ years of related IT experience
- 5+ years of people leadership experience, including leading managers and effectively driving performance through other leaders
- Demonstrated experience leading large-scale infrastructure environments with accountability for platform availability, reliability, operational excellence, and technology modernization
- Exceptional communication skills with a proven ability to engage, influence, and align diverse audiences, including team members, business partners, and senior leaders
- Proven success in driving automation and cost optimization initiatives, while maintaining service quality and operational resilience
- Commitment to protecting our customers, our employees, and our brands by incorporating security and compliance in all decisions, while continuously identifying opportunities for improving security and implementing strategies to improve our security posture
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Management Information Systems, or related field preferred
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Manufacturing
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote infrastructure platform engineer jobs.
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Helm, and container orchestration at production scale
- Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or Pulumi
- Experience with at least one major cloud provider, typically AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipeline design using tools like GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, or Tekton
- Understanding of observability practices including logging, metrics, and distributed tracing
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent practical experience
Tips for Your Remote Infrastructure Platform Engineer Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote infrastructure platform engineer openings from across the U.S. in one place, so you can find roles that match your stack and apply directly without filtering through non-remote listings.
Build a public infrastructure portfolio
Push real Terraform modules, Kubernetes manifests, or CI/CD pipeline configs to a public GitHub repository. Remote hiring managers want to see platform work you've shipped, not just a list of tools on a resume.
Show async communication skills upfront
Remote infrastructure platform engineer teams rely on written documentation, incident postmortems, and async Slack or Confluence threads. Include links to runbooks, architecture decision records, or technical write-ups you've authored to demonstrate this directly.
Match your certifications to the hiring stack
Check job descriptions for the cloud provider and toolchain before applying. An AWS Certified DevOps Engineer or HashiCorp Terraform Associate certification signals specific competency to remote teams who can't assess your skills in person.
Remote Infrastructure Platform Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote infrastructure platform engineer job?
Target remote-first companies and distributed engineering organizations that build their infrastructure teams without geographic constraints, since they have established async workflows and onboarding for remote engineers. Remote employers screen heavily for self-direction, clear written communication, and hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code, Kubernetes, Terraform, and cloud platforms. A public GitHub portfolio showing real platform work gives you a concrete edge.
Which companies hire remote infrastructure platform engineers?
Companies hiring remote infrastructure platform engineers right now include Mural, CIVIE, and Mimica, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Remote-first software companies, fintech platforms, and distributed enterprise technology teams account for a large share of these openings.
Can you get a remote infrastructure platform engineer job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level infrastructure platform engineer roles are harder to land because employers expect you to troubleshoot independently without in-person support. Cloud-native startups and smaller distributed teams are more likely to take a chance on junior candidates. Demonstrating hands-on labs, open-source contributions, or a home lab environment built with Terraform and Kubernetes can substitute for formal work history.
Do you need a degree for remote infrastructure platform engineer jobs?
Not always. Remote employers care more about demonstrable platform engineering skills than a specific credential, particularly for mid-level and senior roles. Certifications from AWS, Google Cloud, or HashiCorp, combined with a portfolio of real infrastructure work, carry significant weight. Some employers list a degree as preferred rather than required, especially when candidates show strong results with modern toolchains.
Which industries hire the most remote infrastructure platform engineers?
Remote infrastructure platform engineer roles concentrate in Manufacturing, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Those sectors run large distributed engineering organizations that depend on scalable, automated platform infrastructure maintained by geographically dispersed teams.
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